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Federal Register Presidential Documents
Vol. 83, No. 48
Monday, March 12, 2018

Title 3— Executive Order 13826 of March 7, 2018
The President Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Im-
proving Reentry

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, and in order to maximize the impact
of Federal Government resources to keep our communities safe, it is hereby
ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The Federal Government must reduce crime, enhance
public safety, and increase opportunity, thereby improving the lives of all
Americans. In 2016, the violent crime rate in the United States increased
by 3.4 percent, the largest single-year increase since 1991. Additionally,
in 2016, there were more than 17,000 murders and nonnegligent
manslaughters in the United States, a more than 20 percent increase in
just 2 years. The Department of Justice, alongside State, local, and tribal
law enforcement, has focused its efforts on the most violent criminals.
Preliminary statistics indicate that, in the last year, the increase in the
murder rate slowed and the violent crime rate decreased.
To further improve public safety, we should aim not only to prevent crime
in the first place, but also to provide those who have engaged in criminal
activity with greater opportunities to lead productive lives. The Federal
Government can assist in breaking this cycle of crime through a comprehen-
sive strategy that addresses a range of issues, including mental health, voca-
tional training, job creation, after-school programming, substance abuse, and
mentoring. Incarceration is necessary to improve public safety, but its effec-
tiveness can be enhanced through evidence-based rehabilitation programs.
These efforts will lower recidivism rates, ease incarcerated individuals’ re-
entry into the community, reduce future incarceration costs, and promote
positive social and economic outcomes.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to prioritize efforts
to prevent youths and adults from entering or reentering the criminal justice
system. While investigating crimes and prosecuting perpetrators must remain
the top priority of law enforcement, crime reduction policy should also
include efforts to prevent crime in the first place and to lower recidivism
rates. These efforts should address a range of social and economic factors,
including poverty, lack of education and employment opportunities, family
dissolution, drug use and addiction, mental illness, and behavioral health
conditions. The Federal Government must harness and wisely direct its
considerable resources and broad expertise to identify and help implement
improved crime prevention strategies, including evidence-based practices
that reduce criminal activity among youths and adults. Through effective
coordination among executive departments and agencies (agencies), the Fed-
eral Government can have a constructive role in preventing crime and in
ensuring that the correctional facilities in the United States prepare inmates
to successfully reenter communities as productive, law-abiding members
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of society.
Sec. 3. Establishment of the Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention
and Improving Reentry. (a) There is hereby established the Federal Inter-
agency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry (Council), co-
chaired by the Attorney General, the Assistant to the President for Domestic
Policy, and the Senior Advisor to the President in charge of the White